Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

NJ. B. Shaw, TT. Crawford,
J. G. Richards, G. L. Riddle,
c. R. Vaughn, VIM. Withrow.
w. H. Davis.
The minority report Of n was submit
ted by Rev. w. H.. Parks, who suggested
that the Assembly ask the advice of the
Presbyteries before taking any action
whatever.
On the oath, the committee on theologi-
cal seminaries submitted q report covering,
the affairs of several seminaries, also OF
an institute for training colored ministers.
The number of students in the latter was
ifty-fve, and it was the belief that the
money used in training and educating
colored teachers was we'll bestowed. Col
umbia seminary has been closed for the
year past, but it had been decided to re-
open it next September. This seminary
has an endowment of $3.50, 900, and its fut-
ure wa believed to be very bright.
The committee on bills and overtures re-
ported on overtures from Harmony and
South Carolina Presbyteries touching the
acts of the last assembly on evolution, and
the power of the general assembly declin-
ed to formulate any detailed examination
of the acts of the last assembly, as any
statement, however expressed, could only
be regarded as a new deliverance on the
same subject, which this assembly does
not feel called upon to make. This was an
answer formulated by a majority of the
committee. y,
The minority also presented q report
which dealt primarily with the Jurlsdic1
ton of the different church courts, and the
manner in which matters can be brought
before the general assembly. 1t says:
Prospecting the question of the Carolina
&ba ,,oNan IF ar0Qfinn
as defined by the last assembly, we recon-
mend this assembly to answer that the
Scriptures clearly reveal that in the highest
sense God is the creator of all things, and
consequently of Adam, body and soul, and
both scripture and the confession OF faith
teach that his body vas formed of the dust
of the ground, whether mediate or imme-
diate, the 'inscrutable mode God hath
not revealed, and this assembly holds that
it is not given to the church to pronounce
| definitely as to the time in which the
| creator chose to work" The report was
! dictated forfeiture consideration. At10:3O
| the organic union or corporation OF the
| two great churches came up for consldera-
| ton. Rev. w. H. Parks read the mini
| mum minority report, and after a sllght
| modification of the minority report, signed
| that report and withdrew his own. Rev.
| w. R.. Coppidge, of Montgomery, Va,
| offered q substitute for the minority re-
| port, recommending harmony but not
| union or cooperation. DIR. R. K. Smoot,
of Texas, chairman of the committee and
| representative of the minority side of the
question, then took the floor and made a
long speech against union or cooperation.
On the 25th the morning session was de-
voted to argument on organic union;
Elder J. It. Livingston, of Georgia, and
Rev. j. NJ. Potts, Of Alabama, spoke in
and w. H. Parks, of st. Louis, opposed it.
The invitation of the Second Presbyterian
church of Philadelphia to the assembly to
hold their next session in that city and
extending their hospitality was declined,
as this assembly has nc church in Phila-
delphia, but they resolved to hold their
next session in May, 1888, at Baltimore,
and to take recess on the fourth Thursday
in May and proceed to Philadelphia to
assist in the celebration of the reformed
Presbyterians of America. They further
accepted their quota of addresses and the
following speakers and subjects were as
signed: Rev. B. M. Palmer, children OF
the covenant; Rev. M. D. Hodge, city
evangelization Rev. J. l.. Girardeau, his
tory of Presbyterianism, and its work for
the future; Rev. M. H. Houston, foreign
missions; Rev. w. H Moore, home mis-
sious; Rev. Jerry Witherspoon, closing
address; J. Randolph Tucker, of Virgin
ia, adaptation Of Presbyterianism to the
masses; w. C.. P. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, Calvanism and religious liberty j.
S. Cothran, of South Carolina, Calvanism
and human progress; Clifford Anderson, OF
Georgia, the lay efforts among the masses.
The entire session on the 18th was devot-
ed to d%iscourses or the ACCESSIBILITY OF or
panic union with the Northern Church.
On the 9th, after two days discussion,
the Assembly adopted the resolution offer
ed by DR.. H0ge, which was really a substi-
tute and compromise for the minority re-
port on organic union, that a committee be
appointed to confer with the committee of
the Northern Church to ascertain the senti-
ment of the latter in connection with &C.
clesiastical boards and colored churches,
and other subjects of difference between
the two churches as might be deemed ne
cessary. The vote stood eighty-one for and
ffty-nine against the resolution.
DIR. Morton presented the report of the
committee on narratives, which specially
spoke of the lack of attention to the colored
people.
The committee on foreign missions re.
commended the granting Of the request OF
the Brazilian Church to be allowed to erect
a separate national synod, in conjunction
with the Northern Church missions, which
have been released. .
On the 18th, much time was consumed
in the correction of the minutes of the pre-
vious session on the question of the organ.
ic union. The committee on the appeal OF
the Rev. D. R. Robinson, of the Synod OF
North Carolina, to be reinstated, reported
favorably to him, and the question was
under consideration this afternoon. About
fifty delegates and alternates were appoint
ed to attend the fourth Council of the Re
formed Church at London, June 16, 1888.
The Assembly adjourned on the night OF
the 2Sth ultimo.